Fig. 1

Effect of PCP on body and organ weights in db/db mice. (A) Body weight, (B) Pancreas weight, (C) Liver weight, (D) Liver ratio and (E) representative photomicrographs of TEM observation of pancreatic ultrastructure (scale bar, 500 nm). The purple arrows (↑) pointed to pancreatic β cells with abundant β granules, the green arrows (↑) pointed to pancreatic α cells with abundant α granules, the red arrows (↑) displayed the location of mitochondrial swelling, and the blue arrows (↑) displayed the location of endoplasmic reticulum expansion. All data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 8). ^#, ^##, and ^### indicate P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001, respectively, in the comparison between the NC and DC groups. ^*, ^**, and ^***indicate P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001, respectively, in comparisons between the DC group and the treatment groups